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Newspaper
The Alma Record
Location
Alma, Michigan, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1897
Page
3
Cleaning white felt involves brushing with a paste of imagined minerals to remove dirt and water, drying thoroughly, then brushing again. The text blends road philosophy with social strain, noting hard roads and scarce funds, while odd jargon and garbled names appear, including a reference to a hat cleaner and a dubious remedy.
An early morning family prayer inspires a boy to offer practical help and seek funds to aid a neighbor in distress. The Lancaster area vignette highlights community spirit as the boy volunteers to personally address the prayer by visiting Mr. Ith and Eleanor to arrange assistance.
An old advertisement claims deafness is caused by inflammation of the mucous membrane of the Eustachian tube and offers a $100 reward for a code of deafness not cured by Mall’s Catarrh Cure. It promotes constitutional remedies from Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio, and notes it was sold by druggists.
A Forest and Stream correspondent reports two ten-foot mambas in a South African mine shaft. Poisonous guttatus snakes coiled at the bottom. Miners sent a bottle of dynamite up the shaft with a lit fuse. The snakes rose rapidly, tangled tails formed a square knot, then turned and stung each other to death.
Preparations are rapidly advancing for the inaugural ball to be held in the Pension Department with a special annex for kitchen needs. Cooks from Philadelphia and Baltimore and waiters from New York will staff the event as Washington debates Cuban policy and Olney’s stance.
A fragmented ad copy promotes Bir deck Blood Bitters as a cure for dyspepsia and stomach liver and intestinal diseases. The unclear text suggests a tonic marketed to address digestive complaints and related ailments.
A local family surnamed Bug lived in Norfolk county and prompted a name change to Howard after a humorous insect image. Authorities granted the petition, and the region briefly adopted the refined nickname Norfolk Howards reflecting the shift in perception.
An elderly woman recovering from illness wore a wig at a continental hotel. A furious gentleman stared at her hair and moved toward her, but she calmly stood, turned, and revealed her hair, declaring you it is a wig.
Chastes A. Ziegler is commissioned postmaster at Plank Hosa. A branch of the state alliance is organized at suntiell with meetings planned in the Baptist Church next week. A private telephone circuit near Ganges works with Miles of wire. The Feamville Fruit Shippers' Association held its final meeting. $1,000 was given in improvements. Civil service notified of janitor removals at Bay City. Measles spread in McBain area. several district schools closed. One death reported. Michigan postmasters listed. various names given. Contested statutes on crippled horses proposed for enforcement locally. Ludington plans a large summer hotel and modern hostelry. Southwestern Michigan farmers seek reforms to cut fees for county officers. Temperance topics and local political notes pepper the report.
A local advertisement extols Shaker Digestive Cordial as the best remedy for indigestion, claiming it supplies already digested food and aids digestion. It notes a trial bottle can be obtained from a druggist for a small price and mentions Laxol as the preferred medicine for children.
A scrambled telegraph of world events reports an armyduke destroying villages and killing thousands in the Jean Kisiun region of Persia, plus a British party detained and released. Quakes shake Asnes, a volcanic rumor grows. Paris says plague reaches Marseilles with nine deaths, while Algeria and Sen sambia face pilgrim restrictions. Berlin debates William II biography funding amid socialist protests as Cuban and Spanish tensions flare. Cuba and Puerto Principe governance abuses documented, and a West coast dispatch notes possible Guanabao incursions and Cuban unrest.
The passage describes insurgent backers poisoning town water to kill defenders and villagers. A force led by Capt Martelli entered the town, executed residents, and dispersed after capturing leaders. Cuban rebels reportedly used captured women as spoils, while local troops retaliated against men who helped their families. Spanish archives recount more brutalities by both sides amid the revolt.
A garbled patient note recounts and misremembers treatment steps with Ayers Cherry Pectoral and TVG bottles. It mentions doctors, a beginning of a course, and a confusing sequence of events without clear outcomes or specifics.
A Lewiston Journal reader recalls a frightful kitchen tale of a box car ride through a storm across the plains. The narrator describes a broken brake, a car slipping toward the main line, wind and thunder, telegraph crews, and a frantic engine rescue as towns and tracks fly by before the express train arrives.
A New Yorker recalls boyhood days near shipyards and the making of waterproof sidewalks. The crack repairs and ship calking emerge from memory as a costly craft in an era shifting from wooden to iron vessels.
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